'Best Hotels On The Web - 2002' Identified by TripAdvisor; Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas Wins Best Hotel On The Web for United States.Business/Technology Editors & Travel Writers NEEDHAM Needham (nēd`əm), town (1990 pop. 27,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston; founded 1680, set off from Dedham and inc. 1711. Although largely residential, paper products, electronic equipment, software, and other items are manufactured there. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2003 TripAdvisor, the leading travel search engine, announced today the results of a year-long study of the most popular hotels on the web for 2002. The first entirely web-based hotel ranking index, TripAdvisor's "Best Hotels On The Web - 2002" award identifies the top hotel in each major city and continent worldwide based on the quantity and quality of information found out on the web by TripAdvisor's specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. travel search engine. Covering over 80 major cities worldwide and the top continents, TripAdvisor's "Best Hotels On The Web" award was given to the most popular hotel in each city or region. Unlike other hotel awards that are based solely on editorial opinions or user surveys, TripAdvisor's award takes into account the overall opinions of the vast information written about a hotel available on the web. The greater the amount of positive articles and reviews published on the web about a hotel, the higher the hotel's ranking. In this regard, TripAdvisor's "Best Hotels On The Web" award is the first Hotel award based solely on the democratic input of the entire web. And the Winner Is.... The full results of this study can be seen at: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/bhotw.html Below is a sampling of the Hotel recipients for the major regions as well as the top 10 major cities worldwide:
Best Hotels On The Web - 2002 - Hotels by major region:
United States - Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas
Canada - Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City
Europe - Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, France
Caribbean - Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Casino,
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Mexico - Gran Caribe Real Resort and Spa, Cancun, Mexico
South Pacific - The Observatory Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Best Hotels On The Web - 2002 - Hotels by major city:
New York City - Algonquin Hotel
Paris - Four Seasons Hotel George V
London - Morgan Hotel
Los Angeles - Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
San Francisco - The Clift Hotel
Washington, D.C. - Topaz Hotel
Seattle - Mayflower Park
Miami - Doral Golf Resort and Spa
San Diego - Hotel Del Coronado
Orlando - Universal's Portofino Bay Hotel
Service and Location Top the List A common theme for the top hotel in each city and region was superior service and a convenient location. Articles, reviews and opinions culled from the web for the top hotels universally highlighted the top hotels for their excellent customer service (helping with dinner reservations, complementary room upgrades, friendly staff etc.). Additionally, proximity to the important tourist destinations A tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions or visitor attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". in a given city was another common theme. Methodology During 2002, TripAdvisor's search technology continuously scoured scour 1 v. scoured, scour·ing, scours v.tr. 1. a. To clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously: scour a dirty oven. b. the web for articles, reviews and opinions published on various travel topics including hotel properties. Based on the quantity (i.e. number of articles, reviews and opinions published on the web) and quality (i.e. whether the content was favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. or negative towards a hotel) of content found on the web, TripAdvisor assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. a "web popularity" score for over 75,000 hotels worldwide. For each of the top 80+ cities and the top regions, TripAdvisor then ranked the hotels in that city or region based on their web popularity score. About TripAdvisor TripAdvisor, Inc. provides a comprehensive travel search engine and directory that helps consumers research their travel plans via the web. The company also offers travel suppliers a performance-based marketing medium that generates average click-through rates The number of times a link on a Web page is clicked compared to the number of times it is displayed. Advertising royalties paid to Web sites are often based on click-through rate (CTR), and the amount paid per click-through is considerably higher than the cost of an ad that is displayed of over 10% per page. TripAdvisor, Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed company that has won dozens of awards including "Best of the Web 2001" from The San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the and "Incredibly Useful Site of the Day" by Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. . TripAdvisor.com is one of the top travel sites on the web, averaging over 1.8 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. per month. TripAdvisor's partners include leading travel companies such as Expedia, Travelocity Travelocity is an online travel agency operated by Travelocity.com LP. Travelocity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation, which was a publicly traded company until taken private by Silver Lake Partners in March 2007. , Orbitz, Trip.com and Hotels.com, and its content is featured on other popular sites including www.lycos.com and www.smarterliving.com. TripAdvisor is based in Needham, Massachusetts Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. History Needham was first settled in 1680 and officially incorporated in 1711. Originally part of the Dedham Grant, Needham split from Dedham and was named after the village of Needham Market in Suffolk, . For more information, visit http://www.tripadvisor.com/. |
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